BUSTED: Samsung Nailed For Using Actors To Play Normal People In Its Tablet Promos

Samsung has been
busted for featuring testimonials from actors pretending to
be normal "consumers" in a video about its iPad competitor, the
Galaxy Tab.

Samsung's PR boss Kim Titus introduced the video saying, "for
this project, Samsung invited consumers from a variety of
backgrounds to choose and test out a Samsung Galaxy Tab. I think
you're going to find the results very interesting."

The video interviews that followed looked very heavily produced,
so
Harry McCracken at Technologizer tried searching the web for
the people Samsung interviewed. Turns out two of the three people
are actors, not everyday consumers picking a tablet of their
choice.

The third person in the video is a filmmaker who has done
promotional work for Samsung in the past.

Pretty embarrassing for Samsung.

Even if it wants to spin this as if it was always supposed to be
actors, it's still embarrassing. These videos are so crappy and
cheesy it's hard to imagine anyone wanting to buy a Galaxy Tab
after seeing them.

At 2:03 in the video you can see Titus talk about interviewing
"consumers," and at 8:00 you can see the testimony of the Galaxy
Tab users.